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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I totally disagree with the above. Our experience between last year and this year is completely different- schools that offered 60% last year are offering 90% this year. More schools are making offers overall. Schools where no money was available suddenly have funds.

performance is expected as a freshman to keep those funds but money is much different this year.[/quote]

Virginia Tech is axing 4:12 high school milers before they can compete. Admittedly the chance to run for Ben Thomas, who coaches Cole Hocker, is arguably worth more than scholarship money. But no scholarships if you can’t make the roster. Like I said the P4 is rapidly changing. You can be good outside the P4 - look at a school like California Baptist - but choices are often are not your typical DCUM option.

As far as performance being expected, yes that was the case in my day as scholarships were year to year. Many schools today offer a 4 year commitment (my school does and so do schools like Notre Dame). This makes scholarships tighter. I can’t imagine what it takes today to obtain a full ride at my school for men. You have to be more than a quality state champ from a competitive state. Remember at a meet like Arcadia there are 30 guys today breaking nine minutes for the two mile. And they have to compete for money against the 8:20 guy from East Africa. Look at Iowa State’s team this year. The prior advantage to the big name P4 schools is that if could hang on and not get injured or burnt out you could bank on being pretty good. That paradigm has changed.

Note schools like BYU are in their own zone. They have scholarships but recruit high level walkons because it is such a compelling school for Mormon runners. Very good coaches who as a result still develop. They won both men’s and women’s titles last year. The women this year recruited the best runner since Mary Decker. She never considered any other school. [/quote]

Nobody cares about xc[/quote]

my kid does - just offered a 50% athletic scholarship at a $90k school.  Natural runner never spent a nickel on club sports or private coaches, decided to try running in college. We see so many soccer and baseball kids “committing” to horrendous colleges getting 1/8th scholarships after 15 years of club and private coaches - bleh [/quote]

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